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Junior tennis players from across the nation came to Delray Beach on their summer breaks from high school to compete with 400 of their peers in the USTA Boys' 18 & 16 National Clay Court Championships held at Delray Beach Tennis Center. Even though schools are out for summer, future education and playing opportunities were on the line as many of the tournament's spectators were college tennis coaches. For the players though, all they had on their minds was to play the best clay court tennis imaginable against the nation's top competition. In the Boys' 18 Finals, Tommy Paul of Coconut Creek defeated Reilly Opelka of Palm Coast, Fla., 7-6, 6-1 and in the Boys' 16...

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